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The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done." -George Carlin

Remember the good old days when this series was so important that Dusty would rush Prior back early from the DL to try to salvage a win in the series?

He should have kept on throwing in the towel.

__________________The universe is the practical joke of the General at the expense of the Particular, quoth Frater Perdurabo, and laughed. The disciples nearest him wept, seeing the Universal Sorrow. Others laughed, seeing the Universal Joke. Others wept. Others laughed. Others wept because they couldn't see the Joke, and others laughed lest they should be thought not to see the Joke. But though FRATER laughed openly, he wept secretly; and really he neither laughed nor wept. Nor did he mean what he said.

I know I care....the Sox could be at .500 going into this series,and need to get over .500.

And yes, I still like beating the Cubs,no matter where the teams sit in their divisions....of course I like beating whoever is playing the Sox that day.

As for the matchups...Sox get the Cubs best (Smarmy and Wood)...per usual. Sox got the Red Sox best also(Lester and Buchholz),then the Tribe get Dempster in the next game and blow him out. Bad luck.

The Cubs starters have been pretty solid...cept for Jackson,surprisingly.
Feldman even hit a two run homer last nite...do not give him anything straight,Johnny!

I think game 1 is huge in this series. Smarmy is tough,and Jose can be tough,but also must hit his spots. Cubs have lost a ton of one run games,and are currently in a bad mode...please let it extend another week.

Preemptive strike response: "Well, you cared enough to post in this thread."

Response to that gets me banned.

This series lost its luster long time ago. I want the Sox to win just like any other game. I do enjoy beating the Cubs because it shuts their fans up a little bit. Not much but a little and I'll take that.

But the real rivalry should be who goes to the playoffs more and neither team has done that since '08. The Chicago baseball post season record since the Sox won the Series is 1-9. The pathetic Marlins have won more World Series than the Sox and Cubs have won in the combined past 190 seasons. Who cares who beats who if they only spend another October not playing baseball?